Air Canada ahead of WestJet – Top Canada travel sites, full month May 2012

June 11, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Air Canada has managed to secure a slender lead over rival carrier WestJet in the list of leading airline websites in Canada.

The pair have regularly swapped first and second positions in recent months to be the most popular carrier by market share of visits to their respective sites.

In May 2012, Air Canada captured a 4% lead over WestJet.

NB: Tnooz is now publishing monthly data from Experian Hitwise, rather than the previous weekly data.

Most popular travel websites in Canada for May 2012:

Agency

RankWebsiteDomainPercentage of VisitsPrevious month
1Expedia Canadawww.expedia.ca15.85%n/a
2Flight Networkwww.flightnetwork.com6.49%n/a
3Hotwirewww.hotwire.com3.72%n/a
4www.cheapoair.cawww.cheapoair.ca3.32%n/a
5Red Tag Vacationswww.redtag.ca2.87%n/a
6itravel2000www.itravel2000.com2.75%n/a
7Tripcentral.cawww.tripcentral.ca2.52%n/a
8Sunwingwww.sunwing.ca2.32%n/a
9Travelzoo Canadawww.travelzoo.com/ca2.31%n/a
10Expediawww.expedia.com2.26%n/a

Destinations and Accommodation

RankWebsiteDomainPercentage of VisitsPrevious month
1TripAdvisor Canadawww.tripadvisor.ca7.01%n/a
2Booking.comwww.booking.com6.80%n/a
3Hotels.comwww.hotels.com3.71%n/a
4TripAdvisorwww.tripadvisor.com2.92%n/a
5TripAdvisor Francewww.tripadvisor.fr1.87%n/a
6City of Torontowww.toronto.ca1.75%n/a
7Princess Cruiseswww.princess.com1.60%n/a
8InterContinental Hotels Groupwww.ichotelsgroup.com1.55%n/a
9Canada's Wonderlandwww.canadaswonderland.com1.52%n/a
10Vacation Rentals by Ownerwww.vrbo.com1.13%n/a

Airlines

RankWebsiteDomainPercentage of VisitsPrevious month
1Air Canadawww.aircanada.ca29.24%n/a
2WestJetwww.westjet.com25.25%n/a
3Air Transatwww.airtransat.com5.33%n/a
4Allegiant Airwww.allegiantair.com3.28%n/a
5Porterwww.flyporter.com3.25%n/a
6acaeronet.aircanada.caacaeronet.aircanada.ca3.02%n/a
7United Airlineswww.united.com2.59%n/a
8Delta Air Lineswww.delta.com2.15%n/a
9Air Canada Employee Travel Sitetravel.aircanada.com1.93%n/a
10Alaska Airlines and Horizon Airwww.alaskaair.com1.69%n/a

NB: Data courtesy of Experian Hitwise

NB2: Image via Shutterstock.

Related posts:

  1. Air Canada takes top spot from WestJet – Top Canada travel sites, January 21 2012
  2. WestJet drops back, Air Canada takes pole position – Top Canada travel sites, April 28 2012
  3. WestJet loses ground on Air Canada – Top Canada travel sites, February 4 2012
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